Skating Through For Merry Monday

I've got a lovely treat this week....I was asked to be a guest designer for today's Merry Monday challenge, as Lesley chose my snowman card as last weeks winner. I love Christmas cards and this challenge, so of course I am super excited!

Lesley has a great sketch for us this week and as soon as I saw it I knew I wanted to use the ice skates image from the 'Winter Memories" set. I just love this set and hadn't inked up this particular image yet. I've also got snow on the brain, since the mountains that surround the valley I live in just got their first dusting of the white stuff and Denali Natl Park, 150 miles north of me, got a couple of inches over the weekend! Therefore I decided to just use the same snowflake DSP for all the elements of this sketch. I did change the 2nd strip across the middle by moving it to the right and making it a small strand of silver stretch cord instead of paper. I added some Dazzling Details and Stickles to help give the image a little 'pop'.

Make sure you head over to the Merry Monday challenge over at Always Playing With Paper and check out the rest of the great cards from the design team, and then make sure you play along. Christmas is only 105 days away! :)

Supplies used(all supplies SU unless otherwise noted):

Stamps: Winter Memories,  snowflakes from Jolly Old Saint Nick

Paper: Baja Breeze, Whisper White, Snow Festival DSP

Ink: Black StazOn, Baja Breeze, Sahara Sand, Gumball Green

Accessories: Dazzling Details-Cherry Cobbler, Silver Stickles, Silver Stretch Cord, Coluzzle, Cuttlebug, Swiss Dots EF, Blender Pen, Watercolor Pencils, sponge, dimensionals

Gratitude for Sunday Stamps

Ugh, why must the weekend go so fast? I cant believe Sunday is already here, however.....one good thing about Sunday is that its time for Sunday Stamps! Monica is our hostess this week and she has a great sketch for us!

I went with another fall card and I think this is a great sketch to let your DSP do all the talking, so I kept it pretty simple! I just love the Lucky Limeade and Chocolate Chip together!

Make sure you head over to the Sunday Stamps blog to check out the projects from the rest of the design team!

 

Back to School for Friday Mashup

Hello and happy Friday to everyone! Are you ready for the weekend? I sure am! I've got lots of chores to do, such as splitting and stacking wood, in preparation for winter(which is quickly approaching here, our mountains just got their first dusting of snow!).

With the arrival of September Holly has a great challenge for us this week at The Friday Mashup....a back to school project! You can also do a project that has sewing on it OR you can mash it up and do a back to school project that has sewing on it.

Here in southcentral Alaska students go back to school in the middle of August but growing up my schools always started after the Labor Day holiday weekend, so for me back to school invokes images of fall, and that's what I went with for my card. I added the "You Inspire Me" sentiment so that way it could be a perfect card for a teacher still!

However I was a bad girl and forgot to do any sewing on my card. I got the card finished, went back and looked at the challenge and went "oh crap". Sorry Holly!

Make sure you head over to the Friday Mashup blog to check out all the great projects from the rest of the design team!

So here is the "Mashup" Challenge:

1. Make a "Back to School" themed project.
   
2. Or Make a project with "Sewing".
   
3. Or "Mash it Up" and create a "Back to School project with Sewing".

Halloween Greetings for Freshly Made

Sat down yesterday to get this card made, lost power due to fallen trees from a storm that hit the area and by the time we got power back I had left for work so I made time today to get this card done for the current Freshly Made Sketches challenge!

I haven't done any Halloween cards yet, and I normally don't make many to begin with, so I thought I would go ahead with that theme for this card. I went into my paper stash and lo and behold I found a packet of Halloween DSP I had never opened! Does that mean I have a DSP hoarding problem? LOL

Supplies used(all supplies SU unless otherwise noted):

Stamps: House of Haunts

Paper: Basic Black, Peach Parfait, Very Vanilla, Pick Your Poison DSP

Ink: Black StazOn, Daffodil Delight, Peach Parfait

Accessories: Scallop Edge Border Punch, Basic Black Brads, sponge, dimensonals

A Birdy Birthday for Sunday Stamps

It's time for Sunday Stamps and ((gasp)) ys, I have my act together and am able to get my card in this week! Getting my schedule switched back to nights from days took me a bit longer than I thought but I am good to go and ready to be a good DT member :)

This week Tara has a color challenge for us, using the colors Sahara Sand, Lucky Limeade and Wisteria Wonder.

I cant lie...I am not a fan of the color purple at all, so fitting Wisteria Wonder in was a bit of a struggle for me. I finally decided to use it as an accent and I think I managed to make myself happy with this minimal use of the color :)

I didnt get the card done in time to link up but I did want to acknowledge that I used the sketch from last weeks Retro Sketch challenge!

Head on over to the Sunday Stamps blog and check out the rest of the projects from the DT team. This is a new blog and we'd love to see more people participating!

Supplies used(all supplies SU unless otherwise noted):

Stamps: Aviary, Teeny Tiny Wishes

Paper: Sahara Sand, Lucky Limeade, Wisteria Wonder, Whisper White, Sahara Sand DSP

Ink: Baic Black, Lucky Limeade, Wisteria Wonder

Accessories: Cuttlebug, Swiss Dots EF, Lucky Limeade Ribbon, Modern Label Punch, sponge, dimensionals

Welcome September!

Its the first day of September and I am completely in fall mode! Here in southcentral Alaska the leaves are starting to change color, birds are stocking up on seeds and we have a high of about 50 degrees and lots of rain right now.

I was looking through my card stash and I definitely dont have enough fall cards so when I sat down to stamp last night I knew I wanted to make a fall themed project. The set  Full of Blessings, which is in the SU holiday catalog, was a perfect choice. I just love this scene of pumpkins in a field! The Alaska Fair is going on right now and the winning pumpkin was over 900 lbs! It was a small one this yr because of all the rain :) Usually they are over 1000 pounds!

I hope that wherever you live, the first day of September is treating you well!

Supplies used(all supplies SU unless otherwise noted):

Stamps: Full of Blessings

Paper: Peach Parfait, Soft Suede, Watercolor Paper, Everyday Enchantment DSP

Ink: Black StazOn, Soft Suede, Peach Parfait, More Mustard, Poppy Parade, Lucky Limeade, Summer Starfruit, Pool Party

Accessories: Aquapainter, Photo Corners Punch, sponge

Pleated Baby Wishes

It's time for another Friday Mashup challenge! This week Amy is bringing us the challenge and it's a fun one! She wants to create a project that uses pleating, create a baby themed project OR mash it up and create a baby project that uses pleating.

I will be the first to admit that I don't particularly do well with projects for babies. Maybe its because my kids are older and I don't deal with anyone on a daily basis that has a baby but I just can never seem to get my creative juices flowing for a project like this.

After some hemming and hawing I finally decided on a neutral baby card that can be given to someone as a congratulations card. I used some retired stamps and DSP to finish the card. The pleating is in the form of some pleated Baja Breeze ribbon.

Make sure to head over to the Friday Mashup blog to see the rest of the cards from the design team, you wont be disappointed!

Supplies used(all supplies SU unless otherwise noted):

Stamps: A Slice of Life(retired), Itty Bitty Banners

Paper: So Saffron, Certainly Celery, Whisper White, Delicate Dots DSP(retired)

Ink: Black StazOn, Certainly Celery, Baja Breeze, Real Red

Accessories: Baja Breeze ribbon, dimensionals